The official Halo 5 "Why was I banned?" thread

If you are banned from warzone or arena too much, would you be banned forever?

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> 343 is there anyway you can fix the bans?

No bec 343 sucks

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> > Just got banned because I allegedly ā€œquitā€ too much. I was playing strongholds on plaza in team arena when suddenly, I was forced out of the match and got the ā€œyour fireteam has changedā€ screen. How can my fireteam change if I’m the only one in my fireteam?
> > This is just bull -Yoink-. I’ve done nothing wrong and I got banned for it–AGAIN. This game has already banned me twice because of fireteam ā€œchangesā€ or disconnects. And to add to that burn, that disconnect was my one and only ā€œquitā€ after my last ban.
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Ik how u feel I was banned 4 times in 3 hours and got the same message

yeeeeeeaaa so warzone about 5 minutes in kicks me to a screen that has:
fire team 1/12
me

(b) to quit
(rs) mute all
and all that good stuff
but i cant leave that screen and if i stay nothing happens im out of the game.

so after 3 attempts i went nevermind ill play arena half way through a game of slayer i was banned…
so basically gg 343 gg

So for the last 5 hours ive had none stop lag. I quit a round of doubles because every 4-5 seconds, literally, i would lag. Just for hand a second. So i quit and was banned for 6 minutes I went to go check my modem after i restarted my One and it seemed fine. Download 80mpgs, upload 17, ping 22. I jump back on after i restarted my xbox and is doing the same thing nobody would be able to bare with it. I died 3 or 4 times in, what seemed like, 30 seconds. I wasnt going to watch a laggy screen,so quit to figure it out and banned im not sure the time limit but i never quit only when power goes out, internet or some other crap. But for real 343 needs to check up on their banhammer algorithms

Been playing Halo for over 10 years. First ever ban today, I joined a party when a game was being set up and received my first ban. Is there anywhere I can check my record?

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> Been playing Halo for over 10 years. First ever ban today, I joined a party when a game was being set up and received my first ban. Is there anywhere I can check my record?

Click on your gamertag and game history.

My question is this, I got banned for quiting one game, because my teammates left, and then yesterday I got banned for, to me looks like nothing I didn’t quit a game or anything like that? And I don’t cheat or anything to that nature, my connection may suck sometimes cause I got stinky Internet but I stay in every game and play right. Do people report people or something because I find it very frustrating and unfair! Doesn’t make sense to me.

So, what exactly constitutes habitual quitting? Because I know for a fact that every time I’ve left a game and tried to continue playing, no matter how long it’s been since I last quit a game, I’ll get kicked out after the next one. It’s remarkably counter-intuitive. Why would you create a leave option at all then if you’re just going to penalize folks for just occasionally using it. I get that it sucks when people quit games excessively, but what recourse do I have if I’m (a) in a game where the numbers are lopsided from the beginning, or (b) so terrible relative to my teammates that it’s strategically wiser to quit? Yeah, I get that it’s only for 8+ minutes, but it’s just annoying.

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> So, what exactly constitutes habitual quitting? Because I know for a fact that every time I’ve left a game and tried to continue playing, no matter how long it’s been since I last quit a game, I’ll get kicked out after the next one. It’s remarkably counter-intuitive. Why would you create a leave option at all then if you’re just going to penalize folks for just occasionally using it. I get that it sucks when people quit games excessively, but what recourse do I have if I’m (a) in a game where the numbers are lopsided from the beginning, or (b) so terrible relative to my teammates that it’s strategically wiser to quit? Yeah, I get that it’s only for 8+ minutes, but it’s just annoying.

It is the percentage of Dnf’s compared to games played, so you need to complete a lot of games to get off of the banning cycle. As far as anyone can tell the Dnf’s do not reset or get removed from the system.

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> > So, what exactly constitutes habitual quitting? Because I know for a fact that every time I’ve left a game and tried to continue playing, no matter how long it’s been since I last quit a game, I’ll get kicked out after the next one. It’s remarkably counter-intuitive. Why would you create a leave option at all then if you’re just going to penalize folks for just occasionally using it. I get that it sucks when people quit games excessively, but what recourse do I have if I’m (a) in a game where the numbers are lopsided from the beginning, or (b) so terrible relative to my teammates that it’s strategically wiser to quit? Yeah, I get that it’s only for 8+ minutes, but it’s just annoying.
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Interesting. Clearly, this wasn’t a feature 343 felt needed further testing before implementation. I’m not complaining, most times I quit, I’m done playing for the day. I’m all for a banning system that targets jerks and quitters, but the execution is just plain lazy. I’d actually be pretty happy if I got banned from Slayer because I quit in Slayer too often, and not out of the entire multiplayer experience.

I may have gotten an accidental ban. I haven’t done anything wrong, but I got the game from game sharing and every time I go into the game, it says " Error authorizing this account with Halo 5: Guardians services. You will be unable to access online services. Please help, I am rank 40 already and don’t want to have to restart.

So I get banned for haveing bad connection . Wow 343 really doesn’t care weather you have poor connection . It’s sad to hear that people who can berly afford haveing decent connection . Have to put up with kind of none sense good job 343 smh … That’s a thumbs down for you guys . Now I now not to buy the next halo anymore . So I won’t have to put up with stuff like this . Anyone who has poor connection or decent . Forward it to everyone so 343 can make a change of not we riot !

This is ridiculous and i am about to burn my halo copy. I never quit any games and i lagged out of 3 games and now i am ban! And i know for a fact its not my network!! This is the only game i own that lags. I have been looking and clearly 343 doesnt want anyone contacting them because they know there servers suck and dont want to face the masses of fans they are losing!

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> So I get banned for haveing bad connection . Wow 343 really doesn’t care weather you have poor connection . It’s sad to hear that people who can berly afford haveing decent connection . Have to put up with kind of none sense good job 343 smh … That’s a thumbs down for you guys . Now I now not to buy the next halo anymore . So I won’t have to put up with stuff like this . Anyone who has poor connection or decent . Forward it to everyone so 343 can make a change of not we riot !

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> This is ridiculous and i am about to burn my halo copy. I never quit any games and i lagged out of 3 games and now i am ban! And i know for a fact its not my network!! This is the only game i own that lags. I have been looking and clearly 343 doesnt want anyone contacting them because they know there servers suck and dont want to face the masses of fans they are losing!

They don’t even have a support number or anything, this is apparently the only way to show any concern, with a daily limit on posts, and have yet to see any actual 343 input, and forum moderators can’t help, and don’t post anything constructive either. We’ve got to face that we the players are faced with a below par gameing company, and we have no other choice but to use the limited tool given to us for support(this thread). Just keep the concerns up about this particular problem and maybe **just maybe, 343 will hear us.**Remember, keep up these post, and keep them civil, and happy posting guys.

Banhammer really sucks, I have to play the entire match when my teammates quit, otherwise I get a 10 hour ban just for quiting a game that everyone has already quit.

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> So I get banned for haveing bad connection . Wow 343 really doesn’t care weather you have poor connection . It’s sad to hear that people who can berly afford haveing decent connection . Have to put up with kind of none sense good job 343 smh … That’s a thumbs down for you guys . Now I now not to buy the next halo anymore . So I won’t have to put up with stuff like this . Anyone who has poor connection or decent . Forward it to everyone so 343 can make a change of not we riot !

Yes if your connection isn’t stable enough to play you would be ruining the experience for other players.

i got banned for lagging out 3 times how can i fix this

I got disconnected after a game of infection was done and then got banned. I quit the game before but that’s it. I’ve only played 2 games today. The one I quit, and this infection game. Awesome to see your ban hammer is broken and banning people at random

It’s so funny watching the self righteous -Yoink- say your connection sucks and that’s why your banned…

yes ear the connection does suck… 343 servers are garbage. It’s why we are pointing out the flaw in the banhammer. None of us get dropped on other games… Just this huge turd.

So get off your high horse and quit stating what we already know when we get dropped from 343’s Halo 5 servers. It’s not our internet…

Its a a flawed ban system that is trying to force law into how we play video games: it has no place